Wuthering Heights Quizzes

Wuthering Heights Quiz 1

By Eleanor Hubbard · Edited by Abigail Lind and Elizabeth Weinbloom · Last reviewed October 16, 2012

1 Where does Heathcliff live?

The Chase

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Thrushcross Grange

Lowood
2 Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in Chapter 1?

To rent property from him

To inquire about his health

To sell him a Bible

He and Heathcliff were friends in their school days
3 Why does Heathcliff think his dogs attacked Lockwood?

His dogs have rabies

Lockwood smells bad

Lockwood tried to steal something

Lockwood is unfamiliar to them
4 What does Joseph accuse Lockwood of stealing?

A horse

Money

A lantern

Jewelry
5 To which Shakespearean hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?

King Lear

Hamlet

Romeo

Othello
6 Who intercedes in the argument in Chapter 2 and ensures that Lockwood can spend the night at Wuthering Heights?

Joseph

Hareton Earnshaw

Cathy Linton

Zillah
7 What did Joseph make Catherine and Heathcliff do as children?

Memorize multiplication tables

Scrub the floors

Chop wood

Listen to sermons
8 Where is Lockwood's nightmare about Catherine Linton set?

The moors

A church

A library

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9 How does Lockwood wake up Heathcliff?

By gently shaking his arm

By accidentally slamming the door

By crying out in his sleep

By falling down the stairs
10 How long has Ellen Dean lived at Thrushcross Grange?

18 years

15 years

16 years

10 years
11 What does Lockwood mean when he says that "my predecessor's name was Linton"?

Linton was married to Cathy before Lockwood met her

Linton occupied the position of village pastor before Lockwood did

Like Lockwood, Linton was also a newcomer to the village at one point

Linton rented Thrushcross Grange before Lockwood did
12 What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?

Fruit

A bridle for her horse

A fiddle

A set of paints
13 Who took care of Heathcliff when he had measles as a child?

Mr. Earnshaw

Hindley Earnshaw

Cathy Earnshaw

Nelly Dean
14 Which of these best describes Cathy Earnshaw's personality when she was a child?

Mischievous

Shy

Depressed

Docile
15 Whose arms does Mr. Earnshaw die in?

Nelly Dean's

Heathcliff's

Cathy Earnshaw's

Hindley's
16 Who forces Heathcliff to work in the fields after Mr. Earnshaw dies?

Cathy Earnshaw

Hindley

Joseph

Mrs. Earnshaw
17 What is Hindley's wife Frances afraid of?

Strangers

Death

Spiders

Water
18 What happens to Cathy the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?

A dog bites her

She cuts her arm on a shard of broken glass

She catches a cold

She falls down a rocky hill
19 Cathy does something to cause tension between herself and Heathcliff when she returns from her first visit to the Lintons. What does she do?

She comments on Heathcliff's bad hygiene

She gushes about how much fun she had with Edgar and Isabella Linton

She refuses to kiss Heathcliff

She doesn't notice Heathcliff until after she has greeted everyone else
20 What time of year does Cathy return from her stay at Thrushcross Grange?

New Year's

May Day

Remembrance Day

Christmas
21 Who does Heathcliff envy?

Hindley Earnshaw

Edgar Linton

Mr. Linton

Cathy Earnshaw
22 Why do most of the servants leave Wuthering Heights after Frances dies?

The Earnshaws can no longer afford them

They loved Frances, and working at Wuthering Heights reminds them too much of her tragic death

They are disgusted by Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff

Hindley becomes a cruel master
23 Why does Ellen stay in the room when Edgar Linton visits Cathy?

She is trying to avoid Heathcliff

She didn't have time to tidy the room before Edgar arrived

She is worried about Cathy's honor

Hindley asked her to
24 How does Cathy shock Linton when he comes to visit her?

She turns him away because she would rather spend time with Heathcliff

She speaks well of Heathcliff

She insults Isabella

She pinches Ellen
25 Which of these does Hindley do when he gets angry?

Curse his wife

Destroy the furniture

Beat Hareton

Fire his gun

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